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General Information about Turkeys
Yes, but the dark meat has more than the white meat.
This is called the Wattle.
A full-grown turkey can have about 3,500 feathers.
This is the piece of skin that hangs over beak and is called the snood.
This is called the "turkey trot". It is a mating dance to attract the attention of the hens.
Domestic turkeys weigh more since they are bread to be bigger and have more meat.
That would be Blue Slate Turkeys.
They are a tan color with speckles.
They are called poults.
North Carolina
No. Only male turkeys gobble, female turkeys sort of click.
55 mph, in short distances only
25 mph
Yes.
The first meal eaten on the moon by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren was a roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings.
Legend has it that Ben Franklin was mad at Thomas Jefferson for not naming the turkey as the nations bird, so he started referring male turkeys as "Tom" turkeys; however, there is no official documentation to back this.
The word turkey is said to come from the Hebrew word "Tukki" which means big bird or pheasant bird.
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